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  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  According to Wikipedia, mad scientists are “typically characterized by obsessive behavior and the employment of extremely dangerous or unorthodox methods. They are often motivated by revenge, seeking to settle real…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  I hate New England. No really, I do. Ask anyone who’s had the misfortune to be around me the last few weeks. All I do is complain about the weather.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  We will first begin with a cartoon from one of my favorite webpages: And it wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without: r = a(1 – cos(theta)) Plot that on your TI-89.…

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  Here’s what I’m taking this term: 21L.471: Major English Novels Description: Studies important examples of the literary form that, between the beginning of the 18th century and the end of…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  A little more than a year ago, we here on the blogs were celebrating the Year of the Dog. The celebration featured my favorite dog and admissions mascot, Evie Cummings.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  So classes started last week, which means IAP ended, which means the conclusion of my EMT class and random dinner parties with friends. About halfway into IAP, I wrote Sam…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  Some fun around Boston and Cambridge lately: 1. Free Jewel concert at South Station on Friday night South Station is a transportation hub in Boston, conveniently 4 stops down on…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  The beginning of a new term is always accompanied by a mix of anxiety and excitement. New classes, professors, deadlines, and activities…it can get pretty overwhelming. I’ve found myself having…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  Things I have been doing since my last post: -Moving up a floor to a larger room with people I’ve been hanging out and doing work with since September. I…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  Our beloved Mollie shares a birthday with another friend of mine, and I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on the same day. My comment to…

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  So this weekend my 61 of my fraternity brothers and I drove several miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often…

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  There are certain…traits, shall we say, that are generally indicative of true MIT students. They’re the things that aren’t necessarily true of all MIT students, but are certainly not true…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  Dear friends and fellow CS people, My name is Kevin Wang and I’m currently a junior at MIT majoring in course VI-III. Melis has graciously offered me to write a…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  Today, MIT’s student newspaper, The Tech, published a story with our current number of applications: 12,440. This represents a 9% increase over last year’s 11,373 applications. So, the results of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  … but you should also research the weather. I am still mentally, physically, intellectually, and emotionally reacting to the three weeks I spent in Zambia. To make a long story…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  A quick entry, before returning to reading applications… I am perfect today. Perfect? What do you mean, “perfect,” you ask? Well, today is my birthday, and my age is now…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  It’s hard to remember a time during my senior year of high school when I wasn’t totally jazzed about MIT. I got accepted, and that was pretty much it for…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  The Maslab 2007 competition (the culmination of the class for which I’ve been TAing this IAP) is tomorrow evening, and I am excited. The teams have been working very hard,…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT Museum’s Soap…

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  squeeeeeeeeee! real blog entry later today.

  

  I <3 Harry Potter. http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_02012007_CP.htm

  • by Bryan
  • February 1, 2007